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Category Archives: Biblical Studies
State power and the death of a man
The recent death of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the hands (or rather knees) of police officers has caused a wave of protests around the world. The protesters expressed their outrage at police violence and racism. Even though many other … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Assyria, Bible, Biblical Studies, History, Israel, Scholarly articles
Tagged Bible interpretation, Biblical Archaeology, Heroes, Historiography, History, Protest
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A new Marcionism
Marcionism is a Christian heresy that was first denounced in 144 AD (CE). Marcion of Sinope proclaimed that the Old Testament could not be reconciled with the New Testament, and that the New Testament proclaimed a different god to the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Biblical Studies, Church, Discussion, Israel
Tagged Bible interpretation, Heresy, New Zealand, Old Testament, Theology
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Household food storage in Ancient Israel and Judah
My book “Household food storage in Ancient Israel and Judah” has been published by Archaeopress. It is a revised version of my doctoral dissertation completed for the University of Bern. It explores household food storage by looking at texts, pictorial … Continue reading
Posted in archaeological theory, Archaeology, artifacts, Bible, Biblical Studies, excavations, Gustaf Dalman, History, Household Archaeology, Israel, Judah, Lachish, Tell Halif
Tagged Ancient Israel, Ancient Judah, Ancient Near East, Bible interpretation, Biblical Archaeology, ethnography, excavation methods, Historiography, History, Household Archaeology, Tell Halif
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The Assyrians in Israel
I published several blog posts on the Assyrian rule of the Levant, especially of the Philistine cities and parts of Judah. see here, here, here, and here. There is a debate among scholars to what extent the Assyrians exploited the … Continue reading
Posted in Assyria, Biblical Studies, Israel, Scholarly articles
Tagged Ancient Israel, Archaeology, Biblical Archaeology, Israel
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Literary criticism and agendas
I have recently read an article that argues that we use too much masculine imagery when referring to God, in particular the term “Father”. Such an argument is often made and one of which few would not be aware of. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Biblical Studies, Church, Discussion
Tagged Ancient texts, Bible, Bible interpretation, gender, Israel, literary criticism, Theology
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People in history
I was recently asked to comment on an article by Israel Finkelstein, which discussed the history of Ancient Israel. As could be expected, the article had some good points, reference to archaeological conclusions, declarations of scholarly consensus where no consensus … Continue reading
The freedom and responsibility of Biblical Studies
Recently, I summarized a theme in the Old Testament and was told that I could not express it in that way, because it is not how contemporary theologians would address it. I replied that I was not primarily stating a … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Biblical Studies, Church
Tagged Ancient Israel, Bible interpretation, Theology
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